painting

The word “painting” has 2 syllables: paint-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for painting?

In the thesaurus, “painting” has 24 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for painting along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for painting

  • art
  • brightening
  • canvas
  • coloring
  • composition
  • depicting
  • depiction
  • describing
  • design
  • drawing
  • dyeing
  • landscape
  • mural
  • oil painting
  • picture
  • pigmenting
  • portrait
  • portraying
  • rendering
  • sketch
  • sketching
  • staining
  • tinting
  • watercolor

Antonyms for painting

  • bleaching
  • coloring
  • decolorizing
  • distorting
  • falsifying
  • misrepresenting
  • misstating
  • twisting
  • warping
  • whitening

Meanings of painting

  • verb
    1. To apply paint to.
    2. To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
    3. To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
    4. To create (an image) with paints.
    5. To practise the art of painting pictures.
    6. To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
    7. To depict or portray.
    8. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
    9. To direct a radar beam toward.
  • noun
    1. An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
    2. The action of applying paint to a surface.
    3. The same activity as an art form.

Example Sentences

  • She spent hours working on her latest painting, capturing the beauty of the landscape.
  • He admired the intricate details in the Renaissance painting hanging on the wall.
  • The children's painting class meets every Saturday morning to explore their creativity.
  • His latest painting depicts a scene from his travels in Italy.
  • The art class focused on techniques for painting with watercolors.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to painting, such as: art, bleaching, brightening, canvas, coloring, composition, decolorizing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

daubing

  • blackening
  • coating
  • dab
  • deface
  • dirtying
  • messing
  • painting
  • smear
  • smearing
  • smudge
  • spatter
  • staining

illustration

  • cartoon
  • decoration
  • depiction
  • diagram
  • drawing
  • engraving
  • etching
  • example
  • explanation
  • graphic
  • image
  • interpretation
  • painting
  • photo
  • photograph
  • picture
  • portrait
  • sketch
  • snapshot
  • vignette
  • visual

imaging

  • act out
  • anticipate
  • assume
  • calculate
  • call
  • carry out
  • characterize
  • chronicle
  • clarify
  • comprehend
  • conceive
  • concoction
  • consider
  • construe
  • contemplate
  • decipher
  • define
  • depict
  • depicting
  • describe
  • describing
  • design
  • detail
  • determine
  • develop
  • devise
  • display
  • do
  • dream up
  • dreaming
  • echo
  • embody
  • enact
  • envisage
  • envision
  • envisioning
  • epitomize
  • estimate
  • exemplify
  • expect
  • explain
  • express
  • fabrication
  • feel
  • fiction
  • follow
  • forecast
  • foresee
  • formulate
  • get
  • give
  • grasp
  • guess
  • illustrate
  • imagining
  • imitate
  • incarnate
  • interpret
  • judge
  • know
  • label
  • manifest
  • mimic
  • name
  • originate
  • outline
  • paint
  • painting
  • perform
  • personify
  • picturing
  • portray
  • portraying
  • predict
  • produce
  • propose
  • read
  • realize
  • recognize
  • recount
  • reflecting
  • regard
  • render
  • rendering
  • report
  • represent
  • reproduce
  • see
  • seeing
  • sketch
  • solve
  • specify
  • symbolize
  • take
  • tell
  • term
  • think
  • translate
  • typify
  • understand
  • view
  • visualization
  • visualize
  • visualizing

jeweling

  • accessorizing
  • brightening
  • diamonding
  • dressing up
  • embroidering
  • freshening
  • frilling
  • gemming
  • impearling
  • painting
  • pearling
  • smartening
  • trapping

jewelling

  • accessorizing
  • brightening
  • diamonding
  • dressing up
  • embroidering
  • freshening
  • frilling
  • gemming
  • impearling
  • painting
  • pearling
  • smartening
  • trapping

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